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  • A blind man on his knees begging, a woman and dog behind him. Coloured stipple engraving.
  • An old woman in ragged clothes with a stick. Etching, 1817.
  • Samuel Horsey, a legless beggar. Stipple engraving, 1803.
  • A beggar with a hurdygurdy. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • Beggar with one crutch, seen from behind. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A beggar, probably with two amputated legs, leans on two wooden crutches. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • Jordan, a character, begging. Engraving by P. van Buysen.
  • Two young children in ragged clothing learning to beg for money. Engraving by H. Bourne after R. Rothwell.
  • A troupe of blind musicians and their dogs confronting a rival street musician and his dog. Lithograph by Engelmann after S. Baptiste, 1828.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her right hand and a staff in her left. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • An itinerant salesman in top hat and ragged clothes selling sweets or pies from a basket under his arm. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1815.
  • A hawker with a hawker's tray full of rodents. Etching by Jan van der Vliet, c. 1632.
  • A blind fiddler walks with his dog. Etching by or after Rembrandt, 1631.
  • A drunken man begs in the street with his family, all ruined through his drinking habit. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • A lame man in ragged clothes and a boy approach a gentleman for alms. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • A female beggar sitting on a stool with a cat on her lap and another cat curled up under the stool. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • A beggar woman with three children. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.
  • A lame man sitting on the ground with his injured leg in a sling begging for alms. Etching with woodcut and engraving by F.Bloemaert after A. Bloemaert.
  • A reformed and fashionable gentleman exits from the church with his beautiful bride. Lithograph, c. 1840, after T. Wilson.
  • A bearded one-armed beggar in ragged clothes wearing a large rosary with a crucifix. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
  • A man with a stick selling song-sheets is accompanied by a woman moving with the aid of two crutches. Coloured etching by Lapbame, 1820.
  • A legless man sitting on a wooden cart, presumably begging for alms, is surrounded by two dogs. Etching by J.T. Smith, 1816.
  • A blind old man holding out his hat begging for alms is supported by a boy in tattered clothes. Etching by J.T.Smith, 1816.
  • John Richards, a blind beggar. Etching, 1803, after J. Nixon.
  • A bearded beggar in ragged clothes. Etching with engraving possibly after J. Callot.
  • An old woman dressed in rags holding a rosary in her left hand and a staff in her right. Etching possibly after J. Callot.
  • The supper of Saint Gregory: Saint Gregory seated at a table with his companions; a monk is pouring some wine. Engraving by G. Tomba after N. Angiolini after G. Vasari.
  • A one-legged beggar and former soldier approaches a wealthy clergyman for alms. Etching with engraving by John Collier, 1770.
  • Lazarus prays as his sores are licked by dogs; Dives feasts on his balcony. Engraving.
  • One-eyed beggar woman. Etching with engraving by Jacques Callot, ca. 1622.